Does anyone recommend a company that will clean vhs tapes?

Question

Well i found an old vhs tape from 1997 and when i play it in the machine its all messed up but you can just see whats on the tape and the sound isnt great. It had some mold on it when i found it and it fast fowarded and rewound it and its gone but i think it needs cleaned properly inside to play right. Any video cleaning companies i could send it to?

Answer 1

unfortunately you cannot clean a VHS tape. The problem happens over time when the ferrous oxide coating on the tape starts to come off and looses its magnetic proprieties. You could take it to someplace that could transfer it to a DVD for you. If you see nothing on the tape when you play it then there is nothing left on it.

Answer 2

Hi Robert,

There isn't a lot that can be done to salvage old tapes. I tried to find a place that did it but I couldn't locate one.

I finally did a bunch of mine by transferring them to DVDs and enhancing the picture as it was transferred.

They were better then what I started with but they weren't great. I transferred them by playing them on a VHS, running the output through the enhancer and then into a DVD recorder.

If you are interested here is the enhancer I used - http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/i...

Here is the one I almost bought - http://www.qualitekindustries.com/vidsta...

Norm